Freedom of assembly and expression violated during recent popular protests
Update: Oman: On 02 June 2021, human rights defender Ibrahim Al-Balushi was released from prison in Oman. Reports confirmed that there are still about six
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Entisar Al-Hammadi and her colleague continue to be held illegally; while four journalists await release
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that a court in Yemen has confirmed that four journalists who had been sentenced to death will be released, and
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NGOs call for Naji Fateel and other human rights defenders to be freed
On 21 May 2021, a group of NGOs called for the release of Naji Fateel and other human rights defenders who have been imprisoned in Bahrain for their peaceful human
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Joint statement: IRAQ and IRAQI KURDISTAN: Systematic targeting of human rights defenders
Paris-Geneva-Baghdad-Beirut-Erbil, May 26, 2021 – In the framework of the ongoing demonstrations against corruption, unemployment, and for political reform in
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Security forces suppress popular protests demanding job opportunities for unemployed youth
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Omani Association for Human Rights (OAHR) call on the authorities to respect freedom of expression and assembly after
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Authorities continue systematic crackdown on human rights defenders and activists at home and abroad
Numerous Saudi Arabian activists in the country and abroad have faced persecution for their human rights activities, in violation of their right to freedom of
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Prominent human rights defender and writer Emadeddin Baghi, whose house was raided, banned from travel
Human rights defender, lawyer and writer Emadeddin Baghi, an advisory board member of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), remains banned from travel after more than
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Actresses Entisar Al-Hammadi & her colleague must be released
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights appeal to the de facto government in Sana’a, the Houthi group, to
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Rights groups appeal to winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award
On 10 May 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) joined over two dozen NGOs, to call on winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards to decline the awards and withdraw
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